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The Commissioner has updated the public ruling on the determination of royalty for prescribed and specified minerals. (MRA002.2)

Queensland Government - Queensland Revenue Office
Queensland Government - Queensland Revenue Office

Resource authority

Issued date
16 October 2024

Includes any of the following:

  • a geothermal tenure under the Geothermal Energy Act 2010
  • a greenhouse gas (GHG) authority under the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009
  • a mining tenement under the Mineral Resources Act 1989
  • the following petroleum authorities under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
    • an authority to prospect a petroleum lease
    • a data acquisition authority
    • a water monitoring authority
    • a pipeline licence
    • a petroleum facility licence
  • an authority to prospect or lease under the Petroleum Act 1923
  • a sublease under the following
    • a geothermal coordination arrangement under the Geothermal Energy Act
    • a GHG coordination arrangement under the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act
    • a coordination arrangement under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act.

Read about transfer duty on resource authorities.